BJP has moved systematically since it came to power in 2014. It has always been trying to weaken the opposition political parties through various legal or illegal means. Everybody knows that money is used to engineer political defections, especially before or during elections. The opposition’s demand for transparency is, therefore, justified. The country must know who is donating money to which political party and how much. It has always been alleged that the Modi governments favours those who make political donations to the BJP and make the life of those donate to opposition political parties difficult. Though the BJP claims the donations made through the electoral bonds are anonymous, the SBI, a govt entity, would have all the details.There are numerous other questions, such as regarding dubious transactions through repurchases of these bonds, misuse of power to extort donations by the ruling party, victimization of the donors to opposition political parties and so on. BJP’s share in the donations is disproportionately high, especially when we compare it to its support base with other opposition party’s support base. BJP got 76 per cent of electoral bonds up to August 2021 which were purchased in 2019-20. It doesn’t have this much support base among the public and therefore it is clear that moneyed people are funding the party.The Supreme Court has, of late, shown concern for the upholding of democratic values of the country. There have been many moves for protecting the rights of common citizens under the present Chief Justice of India NV Ramana. It is hoped that the apex court gives priority attention to the petitions challenging the validity of the electoral bonds.(IPA Service)Views are personal
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